Saturday

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US /ˈsæt.ɚ.deɪ/ UK /ˈsæt.ə.deɪ/ See IPA manual

Freq #1721

Meanings

1

noun
The day of the week between Friday and Sunday.

We usually go shopping on Saturday morning.
2

adv
On Saturday.

They are coming to visit us Saturday.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the day of the week between... sat sat.seventh day

Word family

Forms saturdays

Etymology

From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).

*dʰegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European Saterday Middle English sæterdæġ Old English *Sāturnas dag Proto-West Germanic diēs Saturnī Latin

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# Saturday

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈsæt.ɚ.deɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsæt.ə.deɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 1721

## Meanings
1. The day of the week between Friday and Sunday.
2. On Saturday.

## Examples
- We usually go shopping on Saturday morning.
- They are coming to visit us Saturday.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰegʷʰ-
- Root: Saterday
- Root: sæterdæġ
- Root: *Sāturnas dag
- Root: diēs Saturnī

## Etymology
From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).

## AI Etymology
Saturday comes from Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”). Modern senses include the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. and on Saturday..

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